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Exhibition examines Japanese views of other cultures

Posted October 5, 2006; 03:36 p.m.

by Staff

The University Art Museum exhibition "Japanese Views of East and West: Imprinting the Other in Meiji Eyes" features color woodblock prints focusing on the country's perceptions of other cultures from the 1860s to the beginning of the 20th century. Above is a section from the 1897 woodblock print "About and Beyond the Outer Precincts of the Palace at Chiyoda" by Toyohara Chikanobu. (Return to news article)